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Early Life & Career of Togo Heihachiro:

The son of a samurai, Togo Heihachiro was born in Kagoshima, Japan on January 27, 1848. Raised in the city's Kachiyacho district, Togo had three brothers and was educated locally. After a relatively peaceful childhood, Togo first saw military service at age fifteen when he participated in the Anglo-Satsuma War. The result of the Namamugi Incident and the murder of Charles Lennox Richardson, the brief conflict saw ships of the British Royal Navy bombard Kagoshima in August 1863. In the wake of the attack, the daimyo (lord) of Satsuma established a navy in 1864.

With the creation of a fleet, Togo and two of his brothers quickly enlisted in the new navy. In January 1868, Togo was assigned to the side-wheeler Kasuga as a gunner and third-class officer. That same month, the Boshin War between supporters of the emperor and the forces of the shogunate commenced. Siding with the Imperial cause, the Satsuma navy quickly became engaged and Togo first saw action at the Battle of Awa on January 28. Remaining aboard Kasuga, Togo also took part in naval battles at Miyako and Hakodate. Following the Imperial triumph in the war, Togo was selected to study naval matters in Britain.

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Year Occurrence 1847 (4th year of Koka) Born in Kajiya-cho, current Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. 1863 (3rd year of Bunkyu) Served in Anglo-Satsuma War. 1868 (4th year of Keio) Went to the front in Boshin War (Japanese civil war 1863-1868). 1871 (4th year of Meiji) Went to Britain to study. 1894 (27th year of Meiji)

Went to the front in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.
�@Togo Heihachiro, Captain of Warship Naniwa, attacked and sank a ship with the British flag (Gaosheng Incident), causing an international dispute.
(Pages 71 to 72, Volume 2; and Pages 51 to 52, Volume 3, of Japanese pocket edition of "Saka no ue no Kumo")

Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Appointed as Commander-In-Chief of the Combined Fleet. 1904 (37th year of Meiji)

Went to the front in the Russo-Japanese War.
�@Togo Heihachiro battled with the Russian fleet in the attack at Port Arthur (Lushun), the naval battle off Inchon, the Battle of Yellow Sea, and the Battle of Tsushima.
(Pages 198 to 214, Volume 3; Pages 34 to 70, Volume 4; and Pages 7 to 256, Volume 8, of Japanese pocket edition of "Saka no ue no Kumo")

Title: Review of the Russo-Japanese War by the Times (3) Reference